Dragutin Spasojević (February 15, 1934 – May 21, 2016) was a Montenegrin football player and manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1934-02-15)15 February 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Nikšić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 21 May 2016(2016-05-21) (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Podgorica, Montenegro | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951–1961 | Edšeg | ||
| 1961–1962 | Priština | 17 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1964–1966 | Priština | ||
| 1966–1968 | Trepča | ||
| 1968–1970 | Sloga Kraljevo | ||
| 1970–1972 | Sutjeska Nikšić | ||
| 1972–1973 | Bor | ||
| 1974–1976 | Bor | ||
| 1976–1979 | Rijeka | ||
| 1984 | Čelik Zenica | ||
| 1985–1986 | GOŠK Jug | ||
| 1990–1991 | Rad | ||
| 1993–1994 | Borac Čačak | ||
| 1997–1998 | Sutjeska Nikšić | ||
| Budućnost Titograd | |||
| OFK Beograd | |||
| Spartak Subotica | |||
| Čukarički | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He managed NK Rijeka, OFK Bor, NK Čelik Zenica, FK Rad, FK Sutjeska Nikšić, FK Trepča, FK Borac Čačak, FK Budućnost Titograd, OFK Beograd, FK Spartak Subotica, FK Čukarički, NK GOŠK Jug and FK Sloga Kraljevo.[1] He was also president of the board for FSSCG and FSCG.[2]
He is most famous for winning the 1978 Yugoslav Cup with NK Rijeka.
Spasojević began his coaching career in Prizren, 1962 where he formed a football school for youth players.
With Sloga he won Yugoslav Second League in 1970, but failed to qualify for First League losing to Crvenka.[3] He began coaching Sutjeska Nikšić a year later and won the Second League and gained promotion. He also managed OFK Bor two times in 1972–73 and 1974–1976.[4]
Spasojević became manager of NK Rijeka in April 1976 replacing Gojko Zec. He stayed with club for two years accumulating over 100 matches.[5] In 1978 he led the club to the Yugoslav Cup final where Rijeka beat his former club Trepča. The same year he also won the Balkans Cup.[6] He became a club legend after winning the clubs first trophies.[7]
He was married to Leposava and father of Krsto, Ilija and Mirko.[8] Spasojević was a big supporter of Sutjeska[9]
| Club | From | To | Competition | Record | ||||
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| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| NK Rijeka | 20 August, 1976 | 25 March, 1979 | First League | 89 | 30 | 33 | 26 | 033.71 |
| Yugoslav Cup | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 080.00 | |||
| Balkans Cup | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 077.78 | |||
| European Cup Winners' Cup | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 025.00 | |||
| NK Rijeka Total | 112 | 46 | 36 | 30 | 041.07 | |||
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